Steady flow of Chinese investors in Sydney & Brisbane plus other areas of New South Wales and Queensland.
Over the last decade I've seen that Chinese buyers are shrewd, they know what to buy and always come out on top. Generally I've found them to be lovely people, who are very welcome in Australia.

4:49 pm July 26, 2013

sam lee wrote:

Buyers from China often use family members to purchase property for them who are born in the respective country they would like to invest in. For that reason the table does not correctly reflect the huge number of buyers in Europe, especially London which has seen massive property boom even through the recession. Area of East London around the Olympic Park have been snapped up by buyers form Hong Kong and the mainland.

Yes, the Chinese people know it's a lost cause to invest their money back into the dead motherland of air pollution, toxic drinking water, and cadmium soil.

For many Chinese 'investing wisely' means not investing in China at all!

10:41 pm July 26, 2013

Paul in San Jose wrote:

We have had a torrent of Chinese investment home purchases here to the point where a family can't find a home in the Valley. One couple was trying to buy a home in a nice, normal neighborhood in Santa Clara. They put in a bid $50K over the asking price. They were 11th out of 17.

What is the Chinese government doing to enable their middle class and upper-middle class to purchase foreign property? It seems that it has become increasingly difficult for the American middle and upper-middle class to purchase property in the US. Does anyone know what advantages the political economy in China has in relation to US political economy that would inform such spending and investing and enable the middle and upper-middle class in China to be in such a wonderful position?

1:25 pm July 28, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Just more hype to sell ads on the Juwai website. Juwai meaning to live outside i.e to be homeless or live without family..

1:30 pm July 29, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

I would think that the U.S., especially the eastern U.S., would be more attractive to people from west Asia/South Asia/Eastern Europe rather than those from East Asia.

Don't New York have the largest Jewish population by proportion in the United States? So the article is saying that the Chinese are buying up Jewish property?

1:59 pm July 29, 2013

anonymous wrote:

I find it odd that, in many cities outside of China and India, Chinese are buying up properties built by Chinese construction workers, and Indians are buying up properties built by Indian construction workers

Now these cities are much more "crowded" than they were before. I wonder if this will bring about localized climate change

3:31 pm July 29, 2013

interested wrote:

oh the Priscilia Chan and Mark Zuckerberg union?

Is Priscilia Chan a Chinese??? it seems like sometimes she is and sometimes she isn't - very interesting

5:46 pm August 1, 2013

Edward Snowden wrote:

Heroic Truth Teller and Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2014

The world now knows the truth about America’s lies …. .. ..

12:15 pm August 2, 2013

anonymous wrote:

and Americans in general supported those "lies"

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